When there is no improvement in the animal’s condition after giving it antibiotic therapy, what next? Often it involves weaned calves being treated for respiratory disease, but it could also be a sick cow or baby calf as well. There are several reasons why antibiotic treatments might fail. One of the most common is because […] Read more
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Failure with antimicrobial drugs: does it mean resistance?
Sask. Wheat elections create controversy
The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission election is heating up as accusations of impropriety swirl around an existing board member. Dan Danielson, vice-chair of the board, made a Facebook post on Oct. 2 encouraging farmers to vote for four out of the list of 10 candidates running for election. There are four positions up for grabs […] Read more
Dairy farmers president slams latest U.S. demands at NAFTA talks
The fourth round of NAFTA negotiations wrapped up last week with one certainty: there will be more talks. Despite an earlier U.S.-imposed deadline of the end of this year to reach a deal, trade representative Robert Lighthizer announced the country would participate in negotiations at least until the end of next March. The fifth round […] Read more
Tallying the damage from wildfire storm
Ashes and soil continue to blow from many areas burned in wildfires across southern Alberta Oct. 17. Environment Canada has issued several wind warnings since then, but a widespread windstorm on that day had sustained winds of about 120 km/h and reported gusts of up to 141 km/h, depending on the region. The wind downed […] Read more
Sask. to review emergency response
Officials in Saskatchewan’s emergency management office say they will review its procedures and response in the wake of last week’s destructive grass fires in the southwest. Commissioner Duane McKay said there were at least 50 fire departments involved during the Oct. 17 emergencies and more than 1,100 calls to 9-1-1 at the peak. The first […] Read more
Sask Wheat remains an ideological battleground
Of all the crop commissions serving producers on the Prairies, Sask Wheat is probably the most politicized, and that’s continuing with the current director election. Wheat and barley commissions were established in each of the three Prairie Provinces to help fill the void when the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly was removed. Sask Wheat remains […] Read more
Grower to head research group
Western Canada’s newest farmer-funded research organization has elected its first executive committee. The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) will be led by chairperson Terry Young, a wheat grower from Lacombe, Alta., vice-chair Laura Reiter from Radisson, Sask., and secretary-treasurer Cale Jefferies from Glenboro, Man. The executive team was an-nounced Oct. 17. CWRC is a federal […] Read more
Ont. co-op buys Alberta Cheese
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. has an agreement to acquire the shares of Alberta Cheese Company Ltd. Located in south east Calgary, Alberta Cheese was founded by master cheesemaker Frank Talarico in 1976 and has remained in the Talarico family for 40 years. The business specializes in the manufacturing of traditional Italian cheeses under the […] Read more
South America, Canada set to open trade talks
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) — Canada and the South American trade bloc Mercosur plan to announce the start of negotiations for a free-trade deal during the World Trade Organization’s annual meeting in Argentina, two sources told the Reuters news agency. The governments of all four full members of Mercosur — Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay — […] Read more
Tax planners relax as feds back off on some tax changes
Farmers, get ready for some better planned and less panicky tax analysis. With the federal government abandoning its plans to eliminate some key farm tax provisions, farmers and their advisers can assess the remaining proposals with less anxiety. For tax advisers, it means they can assess the impact of the re-maining proposed changes and focus […] Read more
